1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth
month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the
elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah
fell there upon me. 2Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness
as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and
downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of
brightness, as it were glowing metal. 3And he put forth
the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit
lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions
of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that
looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of
jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. 4And, behold, the
glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance
that I saw in the plain.

5Then said he unto me, Son of
man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up
mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, northward of the
gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 6And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the
great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I
should go far off from my sanctuary? but thou shalt again see yet
other great abominations.

7And he brought me to the door
of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. 8Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I
had digged in the wall, behold, a door. 9And he said
unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
10So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of
creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the
house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. 11And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house
of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of
Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the
cloud of incense went up. 12Then said he unto me, Son of
man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the
dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah
seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land. 13He said
also unto me, Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations
which they do.

14Then he brought me to the door of the
gate of Jehovah's house which was toward the north; and behold,
there sat the women weeping for Tammuz. 15Then said he
unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? thou shalt again see yet
greater abominations than these.

16And he brought me
into the inner court of Jehovah's house; and behold, at the door of
the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about
five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah,
and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun
toward the east. 17Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen
this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that
they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have
filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me
to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. 18Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare,
neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a
loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

9 Ezekiel 9

1Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice,
saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near,
every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. 2And
behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth
toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand;
and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's
inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen
altar.

3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up
from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house:
and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's
inkhorn by his side. 4And Jehovah said unto him, Go
through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over
all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof. 5And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city
after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
6slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin,
and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom
is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old
men that were before the house. 7And he said unto them,
Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth.
And they went forth, and smote in the city. 8And it came
to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon
my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all
the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon
Jerusalem?

9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the
house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full
of blood, and the city full of wrestling of judgment: for they say,
Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not. 10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have
pity, but I will bring their way upon their head. 11And
behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side,
reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

10 Ezekiel 10

1Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was
over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a
sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2And he spake unto the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in
between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both
thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter
them over the city. And he went in in my sight. 3Now the
cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in;
and the cloud filled the inner court. 4And the glory of
Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of
the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court
was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory. 5And the
sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer
court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaketh. 6And it came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen,
saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the
cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel. 7And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim
unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and
put it into the hands of him that was clothed in linen, who took it
and went out. 8And there appeared in the cherubim the
form of a man's hand under their wings.

9And I looked,
and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one
cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance
of the wheels was like unto a beryl stone. 10And as for
their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel have
been within a wheel. 11When they went, they went in
their four directions: they turned not as they went, but to the
place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as
they went. 12And their whole body, and their backs, and
their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes
round about, even the wheels that they four had. 13As
for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.
14And every one had four faces: the first face was the
face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and
the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an
eagle.

15And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living
creature that I saw by the river Chebar. 16And when the
cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim
lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also
turned not from beside them. 17When they stood, these
stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the
spirit of the living creature was in them.

18And the
glory of Jehovah went forth from over the threshold of the house,
and stood over the cherubim. 19And the cherubim lifted
up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they
went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door
of the east gate of Jehovah's house; and the glory of the God of
Israel was over them above.

20This is the living
creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and
I knew that they were cherubim. 21Every one had four
faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a
man was under their wings. 22And as for the likeness of
their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar,
their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight
forward.

11 Ezekiel 11

1Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me
unto the east gate of Jehovah's house, which looketh eastward: and
behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in
the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son
of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2And he said unto me,
Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give
wicked counsel in this city; 3that say, The time is not
near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the
flesh. 4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son
of man.

5And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he
said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house
of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. 6Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the
streets thereof with the slain. 7Therefore thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it,
they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but ye shall be
brought forth out of the midst of it. 8Ye have feared
the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord
Jehovah. 9And I will bring you forth out of the midst
thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will
execute judgments among you. 10Ye shall fall by the
sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know
that I am Jehovah. 11This city shall not be your
caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; I will
judge you in the border of Israel; 12and ye shall know
that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither
have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances
of the nations that are round about you.

13And it came
to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died.
Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and
said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of
Israel?

14And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
15Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men
of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they
unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from
Jehovah; unto us is this land given for a possession. 16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed
them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them
among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little
while in the countries where they are come. 17Therefore
say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the
peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been
scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 18And
they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable
things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. 19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within
you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will
give them a heart of flesh; 20that they may walk in my
statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be
my people, and I will be their God. 21But as for them
whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and
their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads,
saith the Lord Jehovah.

22Then did the cherubim lift up
their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the
God of Israel was over them above. 23And the glory of
Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the
mountain which is on the east side of the city. 24And
the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit
of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I
had seen went up from me. 25Then I spake unto them of
the captivity all the things that Jehovah had showed me.

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